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Is there a tsunami warning right now?

No tsunami warnings, advisories or watches are in effect

Checked against the US, Japanese and Indonesian warning centres.

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  • 3/3warning systems reporting
  • 18quakes M5+ in 24 h
  • M7.7largest: Pitaloza Arriba, Panama

Warning centres, country by country

  • United States & Pacific

    No warning, advisory or watch

    Latest: Information statement, Panama

    · tsunami.gov

  • Japan

    No warning or advisory

    Latest: Forecast: slight sea-level change, Central America (JMA M8.0)

    · Japan Meteorological Agency

  • Indonesia

    No tsunami potential reported

    Latest M5+: M5.1, 125 km SE of Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

    · BMKG

Earthquakes in the past 24 hours

M4.5 · 18 km SSE of Río Grande, PanamaM4.5 · 45 km SSE of Pedasí, PanamaM4.5 · 5 km N of Oria Arriba, PanamaM4.5 · 249 km E of Levuka, FijiM4.6 · 10 km S of Río Grande, PanamaM4.6 · 9 km NNE of La Tronosa, PanamaM4.6 · 4 km NNE of Río Grande, PanamaM4.6 · 96 km NE of Ozernovskiy, RussiaM4.6 · south of the Fiji IslandsM4.6 · 17 km NNE of Santa Cruz, PhilippinesM4.7 · 10 km N of La Tronosa, PanamaM4.7 · 85 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM4.7 · 14 km W of Río Grande, PanamaM4.7 · 121 km S of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaM4.7 · 8 km N of La Tronosa, PanamaM4.7 · 138 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaM4.8 · 5 km SW of Cañas, PanamaM4.8 · 2 km N of Los Asientos, PanamaM4.8 · 14 km SSW of Tebario, PanamaM4.8 · 191 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaM4.8 · 17 km S of Nandaime, NicaraguaM4.8 · northern Mid-Atlantic RidgeM4.8 · 97 km E of Levuka, FijiM4.9 · 9 km SW of Río Grande, PanamaM4.9 · 13 km W of Río Grande, PanamaM4.9 · 16 km SSW of Calidonia, PanamaM4.9 · 8 km SSE of Leones Arriba, PanamaM4.9 · 12 km SSW of Tebario, PanamaM4.9 · 77 km ENE of Tuapejat, IndonesiaM4.9 · south of the Fiji IslandsM5.0 · 8 km ESE of La Tronosa, PanamaM5.0 · 13 km W of Río Grande, PanamaM5.0 · 6 km NE of La Tronosa, PanamaM5.0 · 14 km SE of Río Grande, PanamaM5.0 · 18 km S of Los Asientos, PanamaM5.0 · 19 km S of Leones Arriba, PanamaM5.1 · 1 km NNE of Tonosí, PanamaM5.1 · 133 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaM5.1 · 72 km SSW of Colchane, ChileM5.2 · 11 km SE of Río Grande, PanamaM5.2 · 117 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaM5.4 · 9 km SSE of Los Asientos, PanamaM5.4 · 99 km NE of Norsup, VanuatuM5.5 · 3 km SW of Bajo Corral, PanamaM5.8 · 1 km S of El Cacao, PanamaM5.9 · west of Macquarie IslandM6.6 · 14 km W of Río Grande, PanamaM7.7 · 12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, PanamaM7.7
4.5–4.9 5–5.9 6–6.9 7+USGS, past 24 hours

Magnitude 5 and above

  • 7.7

    12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama

    · 12.6 km deep · felt by 672

    USGS PAGER red: Severe impact expected

    USGS
  • 6.6

    14 km W of Río Grande, Panama

    · 10 km deep · felt by 26

    USGS PAGER yellow: Some damage possibleOceanic quake: check the bulletins

    USGS
  • 5.9

    west of Macquarie Island

    · 10 km deep

    USGS
  • 5.8

    1 km S of El Cacao, Panama

    · 10 km deep · felt by 9

    USGS PAGER yellow: Some damage possible

    USGS
  • 5.5

    3 km SW of Bajo Corral, Panama

    · 10 km deep · felt by 3

    USGS
  • 5.4

    9 km SSE of Los Asientos, Panama

    · 10 km deep · felt by 5

    USGS
  • 5.4

    99 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu

    · 10 km deep

    USGS
  • 5.2

    11 km SE of Río Grande, Panama

    · 10 km deep · felt by 1

    USGS
  • 5.2

    117 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia

    · 40 km deep · felt by 2

    USGS
  • 5.1

    1 km NNE of Tonosí, Panama

    · 10 km deep

    USGS
8 more on the USGS map

Latest US warning center bulletins

  • Information Panama, preliminary magnitude 6.9 (Mwp)

    National Tsunami Warning Center ·

    There is no tsunami danger for the U.S. West Coast, British Columbia, or Alaska. · Based on earthquake information and historic tsunami records, the earthquake is not expected to generate a tsunami.

    Read the full bulletin

  • Information Panama, preliminary magnitude 6.9 (Mwp)

    Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ·

    Read the full bulletin

Warning centers publish a first magnitude within minutes so they can decide fast. USGS refines it over the following hours, so the figures can differ.

What each alert means

  1. Warning

    A dangerous tsunami is expected or happening. Move to high ground or inland now.

  2. Advisory

    Strong currents and waves are expected. Get out of the water and off the beach.

  3. Watch

    A tsunami is possible. Stay alert and be ready to move.

  4. Information

    A quake happened. No threat, or a very distant one. No action needed.

How Japan, Indonesia and other countries word their alerts

If you are travelling

Questions people ask

Is there a tsunami warning right now?

The status box at the top of this page answers that from the official feeds: US National Weather Service alerts, the Pacific and National Tsunami Warning Centers, the Japan Meteorological Agency and Indonesia’s BMKG. It refreshes every two minutes. If a warning is ever in effect where you are, follow local officials and move to high ground first; do not wait for a web page.

Is there a tsunami warning in Japan today?

The Japan tile shows the latest bulletin from the Japan Meteorological Agency. JMA uses four levels: Major Tsunami Warning, Tsunami Warning, Tsunami Advisory and Tsunami Forecast. A forecast means at most a slight change in sea level, with no damage expected. On the coast in Japan, sirens, NHK and local broadcasts come first.

Is there a tsunami warning in Indonesia today?

The Indonesia tile reads BMKG’s list of recent magnitude 5+ earthquakes, each marked with BMKG’s own tsunami assessment. If BMKG marks a quake as having tsunami potential, the tile turns red. In Bali or Lombok, the word to listen for in local warnings is “siaga” or “awas”: leave the beach and go uphill.

Does a big earthquake always cause a tsunami?

No. Most earthquakes, even large ones, do not create a dangerous tsunami. It depends on where the quake is (under or near the sea), how deep it is and how the sea floor moves. That is why warning centers often issue an information statement after a large quake: it says the quake happened and that no tsunami threat is expected.

Why do the magnitudes differ between agencies?

Each agency estimates magnitude with its own instruments and methods, and the first figure is released within minutes so decisions can be made fast. Figures are revised over the following hours. For the October 2026 Panama earthquake, the US warning centers first said 6.9, Japan said 8.0 and USGS settled on 7.7.

How often is this page updated?

Our server re-reads every official feed at least every two minutes, and an open tab refreshes itself. No person has to update it. The time of the last check is shown under the status box.

Sources, read live by our server: US National Weather Service, tsunami.gov (Pacific and National Tsunami Warning Centers), Japan Meteorological Agency, BMKG Indonesia and USGS. We do not edit or delay what they publish. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Chile, run their own systems. This page is information, not an official warning: if officials or sirens tell you to move, move.